The Greatest Books of All Time on Science

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17119 The Darkness Manifesto Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma 2020 Unknown Swedish
17119 Elixir Theresa Levitt 2023 Unknown English
17119 In The Herbarium Maura C. Flannery 2023 Unknown English
17119 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Mind Of A Bee Lars Chittka 2022 Unknown English
17119 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17119 Building Science Graphics Jen Christiansen 2023 Unknown English
17119 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17119 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17119 Our Hideous Progeny C. E. McGill 2023 Unknown English
17119 Brave The Wild River Melissa L. Sevigny 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17119 We The Scientists Amy Dockser Marcus 2023 Unknown English
17119 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Search For The Giant Arctic Jellyfish Chloe Savage 2022 Unknown English
17119 Discovering Life’s Story Joy Hakim 2023 American English
17119 The Bathysphere Book Brad Fox 2023 Unknown English
17119 Of Time And Turtles Sy Montgomery 2023 American English
17119 Ufo Garrett M. Graff 2023 Unknown English
17119 Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg 2023 Danish English
17119 Material World Ed Conway 2023 Unknown English
17119 Into The Amazon Larry Rohter 2017 Unknown English
17119 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
17119 Time To Think Hannah Barnes 2023 Unknown English
17119 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17119 How To Read A Paper Adam Greenhalgh 1999 Unknown Unknown
17110 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17119 Flesh In The Age Of Reason Roy Porter 2003 British English
17119 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17119 Source Code Bill Gates 2025 Unknown Unknown
17119 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17119 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17119 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17119 The View From The Oak Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl 1977 Unknown English
17119 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English
17119 A Fórmula De Deus José M. Sánchez Santos Unknown Unknown
17119 What Is A Doctor? Dr Phil Whitaker 2023 Unknown English
17119 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17119 Rewire Your Brain John B. Arden 2010 American English
17119 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17103 The Mad Scientists' Club Bertrand R. Brinley 1961 American English
17119 Worldviews Richard DeWitt 2004 Unknown English
17119 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Steven Hayes 1999 American English
17119 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17119 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17119 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17106 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
17119 Is Science Western In Origin? C.K. Raju Indian English
17119 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17119 Thinking In Systems Donella H. Meadows 2008 American English
17119 The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi 2022 American English
17119 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
17119 The Eye Of God James Rollins 2013 American English
17119 Three Body Problem Boxed Set Liu Cixin 2006 Chinese Chinese
17119 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American English
17119 The Big Fix Hal Harvey, Justin Gillis American English
17119 Net Zero Dieter Helm 2021 British English
17119 Hurricane Lizards And Plastic Squid Thor Hanson 2021 American English
17119 Addiction Humphreys, Keith American English
16960 The Anarchist Cookbook William Powell 1971 American English
17119 The Poisoner's Handbook Hutchkinson, Maxwell 1988 Unknown English
17119 The Magnetist's Fifth Winter Per Olov Enquist Swedish Swedish
17119 Metabolical Arnost Lustig 2021 Unknown English